White House Explodes Over Viral Video of Sleepy Donald Trump

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A viral video of Donald Trump sitting with his eyes closed sent the White House's social media operation into full meltdown mode.

The administration's Rapid Response account lashed out on Thursday after videos circulated online appearing to show the 79-year-old president slumped sideways in his chair during an Oval Office event promoting what he called "Beautiful, Clean Coal."

One viral post, that at the time of writing has received more than 4 million views, claimed Trump was "completely passed out asleep" during the announcement and sarcastically wondered how long it would take before the White House insisted he had merely been "blinking."

The White House then took the bait.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/white-house-explodes-over-viral-040814154.html

[City Lights]

1. Boo-fucking-hoo!

He's basically a dead-man walking at this point.

[Dave Id]

15. I wish the "dead man walking"...

Would hurry the fuck up and die.

[City Lights]

16. Me too!! nt

[paleotn]

21. Perhaps something needs to eliminate the walking part.

[RT Atlanta]

2. 80 year old man in failing health struggles to stay conscious...

and, related, is that he is no longer shown standing.

Always seated with his severely swollen legs (is he wearing a catheter too) hidden. Perhaps he needs leg braces at this point too.

[NeoTrajan]

4. I dislike the hyperbolic language used

'Explodes ..'
'Panicked...'
'Collapsing...'

None of that is true

None of it

[2naSalit]

12. Truly unfortunate...

The way grammatical rules and definitions are no longer observed in ways we once recognized.

Now it's all about what sells, catches the eye. Attention is the commodity.

[paleotn]

22. Granted, but were they happy about it? No.

[ananda]

5. Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey.

Hmmmm...

[multigraincracker]

28. I like Dopey Donnie. Has a nice ring to it.

[ananda]

30. Yeah. Dopey and Grumpy.

...

[Norrrm]

6. Trump's idea of 'clean' coal

Trump's idea of 'clean' coal

Trump appears to believe that clean coal - which, it must always be pointed out, doesn’t actually exist - is when workers mine coal and then physically “clean it.” That does not happen, but facts have never stopped Trump.

http://time.com/4912730/donald-trump-clean-coal-phoenix/

[lame54]

7. They still can't say he was asleep

[Deuxcents]

8. Just like Jan 6..we didn't see what we just saw.

[underpants]

9. That's the actual WH rapid response account?

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They aren’t very rapid but they are plenty Stoopid

Everything I’ve seen from that account is just basically reposting what their influencers already have probably from the group chat they have.

[paleotn]

24. Donnie employs the worst people.

[malaise]

10. 😂😂😢😢

President Trump is the sharpest, most accessible, and energetic president in American history," said White House spokesperson Davis Ingle.

————

[louis-t]

19. I wonder if they actually believe that.

[MustLoveBeagles]

23. Is that a real quote?

It's hard to tell these days.

[malaise]

26. Yes

😀
Check the Yahoo link

Add

[MustLoveBeagles]

27. Wow 😳

Sounds like it came from The Onion. I can't tell the difference anymore without looking at the link.

[SoFlaBro]

11. Fuck those lying assed MAGA shitstains and their bullshit excuses for their sleepy pedophile rapist Orange Bastard.

[MustLoveBeagles]

29. What you said

You have a way with words. Don't ever change

[onenote]

13. It was a stupid screen shot to use. His eyes are open. Why not use one of the many times his eyes were closed?

[purr-rat beauty]

14. It's not the falling asleep that bothers me

It's the waking up

[QueerDuck]

17. I predict: "He has dry eyes and closing them brings comfort."

[multigraincracker]

31. Must be squinting, I had thought he has

beady little eyes.

[BaronChocula]

18. Those people never learn

This has been going on for a while now. Lots-o times. And clearly no one can suggest keeping cameras out of meetings because Don Nods insists on looking important, which he doesn't when he's constantly passed out.

[Escape]

20. I look forward to the inevitable occurrence....

of him slumbering out cold, shitting his pants and sliding onto the floor face down.

That, by itself, will be comical enough, but the best part will be when Little Marco and all the other scared sheep in the room shit their pants and drop to the floor in a patriotic show of solidarity.

[moreland01]

25. They think we're stupid.

We all have people in our lives his age or older. It's not unusual for them to take several cat naps during the day. But they're retired and aren't setting off wars and killing democracy.

He's showing all the signs of congestive heart failure as my mom and Aunt/Uncle showed at that age.

Wish he would just hurry up and die already.

[OAITW r.2.0]

32. Cut the guy some slack.

It's not easy pulling all nighters to post stupid meme's and idiotic "truths" on his social media site. He's got to sleep sometime.

[Evolve Dammit]

33. Good! Grampy needs a nap; Sleepy (despite 12 Diet Cokes) McDonald